pfam16608: TNRC6-PABC_bdg (this model, PSSM-Id:293214 is obsolete and has been replaced by 465195)
TNRC6-PABC binding domain
TNRC6-PABC_bdg is a natively unstructured region on the higher eukaryote TNRC6 subset of GW182 proteins that carries the binding motif for the interaction with Polyadenylate-binding protein 1, PABC. TNRC6 are trinucleotide repeat-containing gene 6 proteins required for miRNA-mediated gene silencing that are localized to the P bodies (processing bodies). P bodies are cytoplasmic mRNP aggregates that are involved in general mRNA translation repression and decay, including nonsense-mediated decay. Thus GW182 proteins are essential for microRNA-mediated translational repression and deadenylation in animal cells being a major component of miRISCs. The interaction motif that binds to PABC is ShNWPPEFHPGVPWKGLQ. This region lies between a Q-rich region and the RRM, or RNA-recognition motif, pfam13893.